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Clump   /kləmp/   Listen
noun
Clump  n.  
1.
An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.
2.
A cluster; a group; a thicket. "A clump of shrubby trees."
3.
The compressed clay of coal strata.


verb
Clump  v. t.  To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group.


Clump  v. i.  To tread clumsily; to clamp. (Prov. Eng.)





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"Clump" Quotes from Famous Books



... every walk and cross walk, and scarcely allowing them an interval to utter the praises he asked for, every view was pointed out with a minuteness which left beauty entirely behind. He could number the fields in every direction, and could tell how many trees there were in the most distant clump. But of all the views which his garden, or which the country or kingdom could boast, none were to be compared with the prospect of Rosings, afforded by an opening in the trees that bordered the park nearly opposite the front of his house. It was a handsome ...
— Persuasion • Jane Austen
... the new ones appear. A rich, light mould is required for its growth, and its situation should be a somewhat shady one. Its flowers are borne in July and August, on stalks 1 ft. or more high. The plant may be increased by taking up a strong clump, shaking it apart, and transplanting ...
— Gardening for the Million • Alfred Pink
... see very little, the darkness was so great; but his keen sense of hearing supplied the want of sight; and as he lay beside a clump of what seemed to be furze, he very soon arrived at a tolerably good idea ...
— In the King's Name - The Cruise of the "Kestrel" • George Manville Fenn
... in favor of a clump of trees situated between the pavilion and the wall, from the center of which the waters of a fountain gushed forth, thus forming an impenetrable place of concealment; for it was not likely that in the night-time, with the freshness and humidity which would ...
— The Forty-Five Guardsmen • Alexandre Dumas
... horse forward, despite the repugnance of the animal to advance; and a few paces further on, behind a clump of wild aloe plants, he perceived the body of a horse stretched out upon the sand. Such a sight in these dry plains is by no means uncommon; and the travellers would not have given a moment's thought ...
— Wood Rangers - The Trappers of Sonora • Mayne Reid


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